Forest management
Sustainable Forest Management Toolbox
The Sustainable Forest Management Toolbox is a comprehensive collection of tools, best practices and case studies to help forest owners and managers; policymakers; students and other stakeholders implement sustainable forest management.
News
Protecting forests is protecting Africa's agrifood systems
17/12/2025
New FAO tools to help countries halt deforestation through sustainable agrifood systems transformation
16/12/2025
COP30: FAO’s AIM4Forests secures long-term financial support from the United Kingdom
15/11/2025
Publications
A guide to multiple-use forest management planning for small and medium forest enterprises
2025
This publication discusses the concept, evolution, and requirements of forest management planning, focusing on multiple-use forest management and small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs).
Climate and ecosystem service benefits of forests and trees for agriculture
2025
Forests and trees are powerful, often undervalued allies of agriculture. This publication—developed by FAO, SEI, The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International—synthesizes the latest science on how forests and trees regulate climate, water and ecosystem functions that directly underpin agricultural performance.
Agroforestry for wood production – Insights from multifunctional smallholder tree-farming systems in Asia and the Pacific
2025
The report highlights the growing importance of smallholder tree-farming systems in meeting the region’s rising wood demand amid declining natural forest production and plateauing industrial plantations.
Elearning Academy
National forest inventory series
02/10/2023
This e-learning series describes the key phases of an NFI, from planning to implementation, and from data gathering to reporting in 8 courses.
Transforming dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems
06/03/2023
This course seeks to build the competencies needed for program and project managers, field practitioners and policy makers to apply a transformational...
Resilient rivers: Watershed-based management of forests, freshwater, and inland fisheries
01/03/2023
Focusing on freshwater systems, this course inspires managers, scientists, and community members to understand, monitor and manage watersheds as integrated...
Videos
State of the World's Forests 2022: Green Recovery, Building Inclusive & Sustainable Green Economies
29/04/2022
Forests stand as a vital defense against climate change and biodiversity loss, while also providing livelihoods for millions of people across the world....
Forests and sustainable production and consumption
21/04/2022
For millions of people across the world, wood helps provide safe drinking water, food and shelter - but wood can do much more and is a renewable resource...
Is your toothbrush made of plastic or wood?
21/03/2022
Replacing more of the plastic things we use every day with wood-based products from sustainably managed forests can help combat climate change and achieve...